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The pathway, built earlier in the summer echoes the... 7 May 2012, 12:17 pm
The pathway, built earlier in the summer echoes the glass-bottomed walkway at the Grand Canyon in the U.S.
The 70ft bridge is 4,000ft above the natural wonder and allows tourists to look through 2.5in of crystal-clear glass to the Canyon floor below.
The Tianmen mountain, literally translated as Heavenly Gate Mountain is so called because of a huge natural cave that occurs halfway up to the summit.
To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed... 17 Apr 2012, 11:18 am
To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text “Push to add drama” invited people to use the button. And then we waited… Discover here what happened or visit http://www.tnt-tv.be for more info.
KOLMANSKOP (Namibia): Buried in sand A couple of old buildings... 16 Apr 2012, 3:43 am
KOLMANSKOP (Namibia): Buried in sand
A couple of old buildings are still standing and some interiors like the theatre is still in very good condition, but the rest are crumbling ruins demolished from grandeur to ghost houses.
A painting made with light + colored plexiglass airplanes 12 Apr 2012, 3:18 am
A painting made with light + colored plexiglass airplanes
The Revolution DoorPower by the People The Revolution Door is a... 12 Mar 2012, 4:12 am
The Revolution Door
Power by the People
The Revolution Door is a modified revolving door comprised of three parts - a redesigned central core replacing that of any existing or new revolving door, a mechanical/electrical system that harnesses human energy and redistributes electricity to an output, and an output device that maps the harnessed energy. By mechanically harvesting a negligible amount of human energy and converting it to a tangible display through the use of a generator, the Revolution Door will directly communicate a single person’s contribution to an energy cycle possible through the metabolic relationship between people, technology, and architecture.
interesting concept for Mercedes new fuel cell vehicle. 3 Mar 2012, 2:34 pm
interesting concept for Mercedes new fuel cell vehicle.
miryklay: PEARLS BEFORE BREAKFAST A man sat at a metro station... 18 Feb 2012, 10:00 pm
PEARLS BEFORE BREAKFAST
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
Commercial zones in Male’ Hulhumale’ and... 31 Jan 2012, 11:43 pm
Commercial zones in Male’ Hulhumale’ and Villimale’
gjmueller: How walking through a doorway increases... 4 Nov 2011, 2:37 pm
How walking through a doorway increases forgetting
The key finding is that memory performance was poorer after travelling through an open doorway, compared with covering the same distance within the same room. “Walking through doorways serves as an event boundary, thereby initiating the updating of one’s event model [i.e. the creation of a new episode in memory]” the researchers said.
photo via flickr:CC|kimba
Simply sleepin 2 4 Nov 2011, 1:27 pm
written by Kim Lieblin, 27 july, 2009 on her blog. Getting the most of your sleeping hours. these are notes.
- Begin by first noticing some of the things you like about your place.
- Even a little thing could be important.
- Appreciation is where it all starts.
- Select 3 from dislike list.
- Think of what you would like to have in place of it.
- Change, update, remove or add.
- Ultimately the room would feel different.
- While changing, somethings taken into notice would change. update as needed.
- Don’t limit yourself as much as you can. always be open.
- Ultimately the space would represent you.
- IT REALLY SHOULD MAKE YOU SMILE.
Simply sleepin 1 4 Nov 2011, 10:14 am
written by Kim Lieblin, 21 july, 2009 on her blog. Getting the most of your sleeping hours. these are notes.
- Important for your health, physical and natural well-being, to have the right space for sleeping and a routine for your sleeping schedule, what ever that schedule may be.
- Begin by spending 30-60 minutes in your sleeping space.
- Sit, look around, listen, feel what you feel.
- Note what you like and don’t like
- Enough space to stretch?
- Comfortable?
- Cluttered?
- Colors of the wall? fabric? floor? accessories?
- Furniture?
- Noise? traffic?
- Clothes put-away?
- Is it used as closet? laundry hamper?
- Lighting appropriate?
- Change your sheets regularly?
- Do you keep fresh, washed, fresh smelling blankets?
- Do you keep favorite things in your space?
- Is it dusty? cobwebs?
- Any window? is it clean? can see through?
- Do you feel good being there?
- DO YOU SMILE WHEN YOU ENTER YOUR SPACE??
Stages of sleeping 4 Nov 2011, 9:44 am
- People sleeping in space also snore. Gravity doesn’t have anything to do with it.
- Human spend nearly 1/3 of life sleeping.
- Very few people have a basic understanding of how this works.
- Optimize your wakeful hours.
- Sleep is often defined and described by comparing and contrasting it with wakefulness.
- It makes sense that this happens.
- Sleep; NOT: brain ‘resting’.
- Sleep; NOT: body ceasing to move.
- Reversibility; a sleeper can always be awaken with a stimulus at a given intensity.
- Due to reversibility, sleep is different from ‘coma’ ‘anesthesia’ and ‘hibernation’.
- Perceptual disengagement; from the moment of sleep onset, to the moment we awaken, we are essentially blind.
- Drowsiness is RED ALERT! sleeping behind wheel. many deaths. none were ‘expected’.
- A sleeping person; deaf, blind, insensitive to touch.
- Sleep; NOT: instantaneously unconscious at the same time.
- Sleep; YES: simultaneously engaged with inner world of our own, where the rules of the physical world do not apply.
- 5 stages of sleep. A B C D E.
- A B C D is non REM sleep. (REM -> Rapid Eye Movement)
- E is REM sleep.
- Dreams are seen in REM sleep.
- Sleep is not a homogeneous state, but rather a progression through various states with extremely unique characteristics.
“When you sleep, you are in the most adventurous virtual space” -me-
Another one for the series of “kill your... 16 Oct 2011, 3:05 pm
Another one for the series of “kill your idols”.
Turns out this whole golden ratio/fibonacci/golden spiral shit is mostly swallowed and regurgitated shit without much proof.
- There’s no statistical data that shows human aesthetic preference for golden ratios. And the few times some preference does roll out, and the experimental setup is solid, you can’t, not with any statistical confidence say whether it’s 1.5, 1.618 or 1.666.
- All those pretty pictures of spirals in nature, nautilus shells, spiral galaxies, etc etc. Nobody ever checks them. People like pretty pictures. Usually the ratios aren’t even *close* to the golden ratio. And certainly never exact matches as governed by some recurrence relation (the Fibonacci sequence).
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/pseudo/fibonacc.htm
Capturing the power of trillions of footfalls 16 Oct 2011, 6:27 am
Elizabeth Redmond, 23, dreams of working at MIT’s Media Lab, one of the United States’ top scientific research and development centers. However, she has invented something that should make MIT and every other think tank in the country dream of her. Elizabeth invented the POWERleap, a simple idea with brilliant applications. It’s a flooring system that generates electricity every time you move on one of the tiles. Elizabeth developed the POWERleap as her senior thesis project at the University of Michigan’s School of Art and Design. She wanted to design a project that would educate people about their relationship and dependence on energy. Human bodies generate electricity, about 100 watts at rest, which (according to www.elizabethredmond.net) is enough to power the computer I am writing on. Elizabeth set out to harness our bodies’ energy to power small objects. But when she realized that walking was our most abundant and consistent activity and the energy harnessed from it could power something much bigger than an iPod, her design for the POWERleap tiles was born. Redmond’s unique floor tiles generate electricity using a phenomenon known as piezoelectricity — electricity generated by applying mechanical stress to certain materials like the lead zirconate plates in the POWERleap. When these 2-inch by 1-inch piezoceramic plates are bent, a charge is produced that can be harnessed. Multiply one tile by the surface area of a subway station or even your standard grocery store floor, and you can imagine the amount of energy these tiles have the potential to generate. In a few years, Elizabeth hopes people will be able to pull the POWERleap off the shelves of Home Depot and install it to power their homes. More importantly, if we generate our own electricity, it should change the way we consume, appreciate, and use electric power. During our cell phone conversation, Elizabeth pointed out another beneficial feature of the technology: “Imagine a business powered by the people who move around inside it. When the people leave for the day, the lights and power would automatically shut down.” Elizabeth expects the next stage of development and research to yield “an electromechanical system that is safe, efficient, easy to install, repair, and apply, and fun to participate with.” She currently seeks funding for the next stage of the POWERleap’s development. Since the applications of this technology are endless and the end of the oil age is fast approaching, let’s hope she does not have trouble finding eager investors.
Eco friendly beds preserving your green conscience during... 16 Oct 2011, 4:30 am
Eco friendly beds preserving your green conscience during sleep
Bed time is regarded as the most desired time in our day. After all the hectic work we just want to dig into our beds and slip into a world of dreams. What about adding another handful of sugar into the pie? Why not consider making this relaxing moments more close to nature? Sounds interesting? To be close to nature is one of the most pleasurable experience for anyone. So, let’s look at some eco friendly beds that would give you the experience of nature in the best comfort and safety of your home.
Noel H (Hamru)
architects who have aimed at acquiring manual skill without scholarship have never been able to... 20 Mar 2012, 6:35 am
architects who have aimed at acquiring manual skill without scholarship
have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who
relied only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance.
But those who have a thorough knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner
attained their object and carried authority with them.
DIALOGUE 29 Jan 2012, 11:58 pm
inspiration and design thinking, communication, recording, evaluation and testing, analysis, visualization and understanding. Donald Schön writes that much of what defi nes the ‘ refl ective practitioner ’ is a designer having a conversation with the situation. He reinforces the relationship of designers to the way they visualize when he writes ‘ … the graphic world of the sketchpad is the medium of reflection-inaction.… Because the drawing reveals qualities and relations unimagined beforehand, moves can function as experiments.
Fraser and Henmi suggest that a drawing has two lives: a dialogue with the architect at the time of the actual action of drawing and an afterlife, during which others view and interact with it. ‘ The infl uence of drawing then exists independently, acquiring its own voice and its own history through many acts of viewing and interpreting .Architects may be looking for something different each time they sit down to draw, and may discover something other than expected at each sitting. The methods and techniques, although unique to each architect, may also vary depending on the intended outcome and, in a situation of this variety,
All images convey something, whether they are ideas, impressions, or emotions, and these communications range from the concrete to the abstract. Bernard Tschumi writes that all architecture represents something – the king, or ideas of God ( Tschumi, 1994 ).
Envisioning Architecture 29 Jan 2012, 11:58 pm
recognize that drawings, like sketches, have the potential to multiply thought and create a chain of associations that lead to new ways of seeing and understanding. Here it is evident that the acts of visual dialogue enrich the entire process
ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHES AND A COMPARISON 29 Jan 2012, 11:29 pm
Architects depend upon sketches throughout the process of design as a medium for dialogue. They are the physical manifestation of their thinking and are used in various ways from the inception of the project to final detailing and evaluation. Intention and meaning evident in the use of architectural sketches may be explored by comparing them to theories of play, memory, imagination, and fantasy. Sketches may facilitate discovery and the fi rst inspirations for conceptual beginnings, they can be part of the communication between parties involved in the process, or they are often a means to record mental impressions. As evidenced by cave paintings and images continuously created through history, humans also have an innate desire to represent what they see and what they imagine.
City - (migration / wealth concentration) - Commerce 29 Jan 2012, 10:03 am
Commerce (business / commerce) The activity embracing all forms of the purchase and sake if goods and services.
Social relations and exchange, esp of opinions, attitudes etc.
The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc…
Social intercourse, the dealings of one person or class in society with another, familiarity.
The exchange or buying and selling of commodities esp- the exchange of merchandise on a large scale, between different places or communities, extended trade or traffic.
Low Energy Building 26 Jan 2012, 10:30 pm
Low energy building with a percent energy saving goal and into the realm of a sustainable endpoint.
Requirements - Low Cost
Locally Available
Non Polluting
Renewable sources
Technologies to those available on site and within the footprint of zero energy context
Pv, Solar hot water, wind, hydroelectric and biofuels.
Energy efficient Envelop - low e glass and shading devices
Lighting system - Energy efficient lamps, automatic switching, artificial lights reduction.
Active control and management - Comfort and functionality
Fully powered by the sun - Photovoltaic systems.
Bioclimatic design takes into account the local climate and includes the following principles: 3 Nov 2011, 1:05 pm
Heat protection of the buildings in winter as well as in summer, using appropriate techniques which are applied to the external envelope of the building, especially by adequate insulation and air tightness of the building and its openings.
Use of solar energy for heating buildings in the winter season and for daylighting all year round. This is achieved by the appropriate orientation of the buildings and especially their openings (preferably towards the south), by the layout of interior spaces according to their heating requirements, and by passive solar systems which collect solar radiation and act as “natural” heating as well as lighting systems.
Protection of the buildings from the summer sun, primarily by shading but also by the appropriate treatment of the building envelope (i.e. use of reflective colours and surfaces).
Removal of the heat which accumulates in summer in the building to the surrounding environment using by natural means (passive cooling systems and techniques), such as natural ventilation, mostly during nighttime.
Improvement – adjustment of environmental conditions in the interiors of buildings so that their inhabitants find them comfortable and pleasant (i.e. increasing the air movement inside spaces, heat storage, or cool storage in walls).
Ensuring insolation combined with solar control for daylighting of buildings, in order to provide sufficient and evenly distributed light in interior spaces.
Improvement of the microclimate around buildings, through the bioclimatic design of exterior spaces and in general, of the built environment, adhering to all of the above principles.
A Cold Climate 3 Nov 2011, 11:16 am
A building constructed in cold climates should ideally have healthy and comfortable indoor thermal conditions and a reasonable fuel economy with the heating methods locally employed. Te key to reaching that goal is good insulation and sunshine exposure, which helps to keep the warm air inside the building.
To minimize and reduce heat loss many rooms contain low ceilings, thick stone walls, small windows, and centrally located heating. The difference between thick walls in cold and hot climates is that in hot climates the walls outside are meant to shade the interior from the intense heat, whereas, in cold climates the walls inside are meant to insulate and keep heat in.
Desert Region 3 Nov 2011, 11:02 am
Windows are arranged so that equal areas are open on the windward and leeward sides of the building. The reason for this is very simple, the air stream can be directed into rooms that need constant ventilation such as the bedroom. When windows is positioned higher than another, thermal force will direct the airflow from the high window to the lower window creating good ventilation.
Desert Region 3 Nov 2011, 10:52 am
Desert regions, buildings are designed with flat roofs, small
openings, and heavy weight materials. These materials include dried mud in rural areas and reinforced concrete in urban areas (Givoni 316). The thick exterior roof and walls help to absorb temperature fluctuations and, therefore, keep internal temperatures from rising above the outside surface temperature. An important function of the roof is its color. A white or light colored roof will stay approximately the same temperature as the outdoor air during the day, and six to ten deg C cooler than the outside air at night. This is an important feature because the cooler nighttime air will be channeled down by the sloop of the roof and into the rooms in the building. One function of the small openings is to prevent dust
A Hot - Humid Climate 3 Nov 2011, 10:37 am
A hot-humid climate is defined as a “region that receives more than 20 inches of annual precipitation” and either has 3,000 or more hours of 67 deg F temperature or 1,500 or more hours of 73 deg F temperature during the warmest six months of the year (Building Science Corporation). In this type of climate, the main function of the buildings is to simply moderate the daytime heating effects of the external air. In other words, it is important to design buildings whose structure and interior are best able to keep warm air out. Living in a hot climate can quickly become uncomfortable for its inhabitants with the extreme heat that is built up by midday. That is why it is important for the buildings structures to have effective ventilation and an internal temperature below the outdoor level
Bioclimatic Architecture 3 Nov 2011, 10:26 am
Comfort in relation to ambient air temperature and humidity - mean
- Radiant Temperature
- Wind Speed
- Solar Radiation
- Evaporative cooling
If the temperature and relative humidity fall below the lower limit, shading is required to maintain comfort and if they rise above the upper limit, hen the cooling effects of the wind is usually the only element that can balance the comfort zone.
7 Principles for Addressing Climate Change 28 Oct 2011, 10:09 am
Global Engagement
Energy Security
Maximize Conservation
Measured and Flexible Approach
Broad, Equitable Treatmet
Enable Technology
Transparency
Flexible 25 Oct 2011, 1:02 pm
The first step in adaptable architecture is flexibility. With flexible architecture the possibility of adjustments on specific components of the building is aimed. This action is in direct control of the user, which means that the component doesn’t have the ability to change itself. The components of the building are changeable, with an external force. The different possibilities of change are limited. As an example the Delfts Blauw apartment building in Delft from architect firm “de Architecten Cie.” could be given, in which the façade could be changed by the user with sliding shutters. Flexible adaptation requires mechanical techniques such as bearings, which were developed in the middle ages.
mr_niyas (Niyaz)
ibbesaeed: Trash / research stage Kalo ibbe kihaavarakah kuni... 16 Dec 2011, 2:37 pm
Trash / research stage
Kalo ibbe kihaavarakah kuni ukkaa dheny?
"After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced..." 11 Dec 2011, 5:25 am
“After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings.
“Harry Seidler
”- www.architecture-lighting.
"A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry..." 11 Dec 2011, 5:24 am
“A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.
Lord Byron
”- www.architecture-lighting.
"Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a..." 11 Dec 2011, 5:24 am
“Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture.
Rem Koolhaas
”- www.architecture-lighting.
"Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. Le..." 11 Dec 2011, 5:24 am
“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.
Le Corbusier
”- www.architecture-lighting.
shafynaz: Architectural design & environmental... 11 Dec 2011, 5:21 am
Architectural design & environmental sustainability
Salhi
"People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More..." 7 Dec 2011, 8:01 pm
“People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of course, that’s both liberating and alarming.
Rem Koolhaas
”- Hafthaage buss kolhu
ibbesaeed: to niya, now u can see the HORIZON Ibbe ge horizone... 4 Nov 2011, 8:40 am
to niya,
now u can see the HORIZON
Ibbe ge horizone tha
f-leena: Re - Place Site model (Progress) Nice 4 Nov 2011, 8:39 am
Re - Place
Site model (Progress)
Nice
tidaltendrum (Shan)
UNCANNY HOUR OF BIPOLAR sophisticated subconscious minds… creating a symphony of... 10 Mar 2012, 3:43 pm
UNCANNY HOUR OF BIPOLAR
sophisticated subconscious minds… creating a symphony of disorder… craxy but not insane… in a life of simple misery… one’s brain in decentered state of mind… but neither is one’s brain fully drained… nor strained… nor sustained to a well organized car park… uncanny emotions radically blurred… a shimmy wobbling disorder… a scientifically proven fact of bipolar disorder… a depressive fanatic or maniac… simply craxy…
UTOPIA, DESTRUCTION TO THE MORALITY Utopia, a dream which needs to be awakened to a decentered post... 21 Feb 2012, 12:48 am
UTOPIA, DESTRUCTION TO THE MORALITY
Utopia, a dream which needs to be awakened to a decentered post postmodern world. Factor for this world time and its space surrounding the time where the time is a dried butterfly. Ambiguous to feel decentered. The flies ray against the septic sun. Sun being the key star in motion lays no other choice of an utopia. Peace as in motion, being lost as a self-morality becoming decentered within the junkspace is just another dried butterfly
THE POETICS OF SPACE by: GASTON BACHELARD 2 Dec 2011, 8:47 pm
1. The House from the Cellar to the Garret. the Significance of the Hut.
In every dwelling, even the richest, the first task of the phenomenologist is to find the original shell.
All really inhabited space bears the essence of the notion of home.
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
Memories are motionless, and the more securely they are fixed in space, the sounder they are.
How precise the familiar hill paths remain for our muscular conciousness!
Oh my roads and their cadence.
What is more beautiful than a road? It is the symbol and the image of an active, varied life.
And what a dynamic object is a path.
Up near the roof all our thoughts are clear. In the attic it is a pleasure to see the bare rafters of the strong framework. Here we participate in the carpenter’s solid geometry.
As for the cellar, we shall no doubt find uses for it. It will be rationalized and its conveniences enumerated. But it is first and foremost the dark entity of the house, the one that partakes of subterranean forces. When we dream there, we are in harmony with the irrationality of the depths.
The creatures moving about in the cellar are slower, less scampering, more mysterious.
In a palace there is no place for intimacy.
2. House and Universe.
When we live in a manor house we dream of a cottage, and when we live in a cottage we dream of a palace. Better still, we all have our cottage moments and our palace moments.
3. Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes.
A wardrobe is filled with the mute tumult of memories.
If we give objects the friendship they should have, we do not open a wardrobe without a slight start. Beneath its russet wood, a wardrobe is a very white almond. To open it, is to experience an event of whiteness.
4. Nests.
Egg, nest, house, country, universe.
The well-being that I feel, seated in front of my fire, while bad weather rages out-of-doors, is entirely animal. A rat in its hole, a rabbit in its burrow, cows in the stable, must all feel the same contentment that I feel.
For a painter, it is probably twice as interesting if, while painting a nest, he dreams of a cottage and, while painting a cottage, he dreams of a nest. It is as though one dreams twice, in two registers, when one dreams of an image cluster such as this.
A thatched cottage is set on the ground like a nest in a field.
If we return to the old home as to a nest, it is because memories are dreams, because the home of other days has become a great image of lost intimacy.
5. Shells.
If we reduce a fern to ashes, which we dissolve in pure water, then allow the water to evaporate, we obtain lovely crystals that have the form of a fern frond.
A man, an animal, an almond, all find maximum repose in a shell. The virtues of repose dominate all these images.
6. Corners.
That most sordid of all havens, the corner, deserves to be examined.
To withdraw into one’s corner is undoubtedly a meager expression.
The corner is a haven that ensures us one of the things we prize most highly - immobility.
When we recall the hours we have spent in our corners, we remember above all silence, the silence of our thoughts.
Consciousness of being at peace in one’s corner produces a sense of immobility, and this, in turn, radiates immobility.
I am the space where i am. This is a great line. But nowhere can it be better appreciated than in a corner.
A house in an engraving may well incite a desire to live in it. We feel that we should like to live there, between the very lines of the engraved drawing.
7. Miniature.
The cleverer I am at miniaturizing the world, the better I possess it. But in doing this, it must be understood that values become condensed and enriched in miniature.
Platonic dialectics of large and small do not suffice for us to become cognizant of the dynamic virtues of miniature thinking. One must go beyond logic in order to experience what is large in what is small.
The seed is not only born in a tender cradle, protected by the fruit’s mass. It is the generator of vital heat.
How many of us, once we have eaten an apple, attack the seed! In company, we restrain our innocent mania for decorticating `the seeds in order to chew them. And what thoughts we have, what daydreams, when we eat the germs of plants.
Values become engulfed in miniature, and miniature causes men to dream.
Reader, study the periwinkel in detail, and you will see how detail increases an object’s stature.
Miniature is one of the refuges of greatness.
The miniature deploys to the dimensions of the universe.Once more, large is contained in small.
To have experienced miniature detaches me from the surrounding world, and helps me to resist dissolution of the surrounding atmosphere.
The tick tock of our watches is so mechanically jerky that we no longer have ears subtle enough to hear the passage of time.
He lay down behind the blade of grass To enlarge the sky.
I was shown an entire nestfull of still embarassed suns in the cold folds of the nebula.
I hear a young nut-tree grow green.
8. Intimate Immensity.
Baudelaire did not keep a close eye on his use of the word vast. Whenever a thing, a thought or a daydream was touched by grandeur, this word became indispensible to him.
The opium eater must have “a vast amount of leisure” to derive benefit from his soothing daydreams. Daydreaming is encouraged by “the vast silence of the country.” Certain dreams are places “on the vast canvas of memory.”
Vast is a word that is pronounced, never only read, never only seen in the objects to which it is attached. It is one of the words that a writer always speaks softly while he is writing it.
The word vast evokes calm, peace and serenity.
9. The Dialectics of Outside and Inside.
Too much space smothers us much more than if there were not enough.
And there is almost no space here; and you feel almost calm at the thought that it is impossible for anything very large to hold in this narrowness.
10. The Phenomenology of Roundness
He had been told that life was beautiful. No! Life is round.
Sometimes he would take up a sphere set near him, and after turning it between his fingers for a long time, would sink into the most profound dreams of science.
Everything round invites a caress.
Being is round.
dancing with the design... 30 Nov 2011, 2:07 pm
its often said to believe that no man exists beyond what their eyes can see… here in maldives a complex of an unusual juxtapositions of illegal sexual transitions between man’s agony for an illicit women… the truth is that everyone blindfolds themselves and does not bother… but now this could be the most profitable business in maldives capital city male’… if this is the case, sex tourism will over run the male city in no time… and tourism industry will be nowhere to be found… as to this autonomy, a self evident self governance of self morality of an individual, here in maldives can be doubted… a rapist of our child can be jailed and given justice for only 10 years… however in the second year of his sentence he will be out in public… on pay leave from the department of justice… or he will be released when arrested saying there is no enough proof… sad but this is the ugly truth… brothels in the name of massage parlors… clinics… names differ, but the offer is still the same… around 35-40 places where one can enjoy himself in the capital of maldives… male city… is just another illegal act between the signs of Islam… but is this repressing the acts of the wild… the violence.. raping old ladies which i could never imagine any sexual appeal will be there to erect a young man… or is this urge for power… could their first intention be for power… in that case i think there will not be only one case for each rapist… i would rather imagine that it would be a series of rapes to the urge for power… could providing sex will this release this power and reduce the rapes… could regulating these brothels could lead to minimizing the growth of the illicit brothels… and to minimizing the rapists… would they still try to rape the ladies who provide sexual service… but if so.. now they can file cases if it is regulated… it would lead to regular medical checkups… as of Sweden, Norway and Iceland where prostitution is illegal their model of attacking the situation is slightly unusual… unlike other countries, it is illegal to pay for sex but not to offer sexual services… so the buyer gets the beef… or is jailed… not the service provider… this may be due to the reason that the one serves for their personal needs… even so could anyone stand while your child rapist served just 2 years… and comes back… however the male’ city regulation is weak… law can bide no citizen… most of the rape cases are in court… and one of the known rapist to public is dragging in and out of court till five years… still waiting for his judgment… is the salaries not enough for the layers and judges… I’m only afraid whether the people who keen to apply the law is corrupted… if they are corrupted i know that no one can be fully corrupted… and there will always be chance for more corruption…
IGMH FAMILY PROTECTION UNIT FPU
STATISTICS
Last five years 600 people was treated at IGMH for Gender base violence & child abuse
within this 600 people
87% is woman & girls
42% is children (includes children below 1 year)
83% of the victims has been abused by a family member, a close relative or a friend
yearly 30-40 children are been born illegitimately and some of these children is the cause of rape
within 4.5 years 121 illegitimately pregnant women were treated at IGMH within this 121 women most of them are in the age of 18-24 years old,
within 4.5 years 43 raped victims were treated at IGMH this includes 22 children under 18 years of age, and more than half of this 22 children was gang raped
their research shows that 1 of every 3 maldivian woman has been abused
FROM HAVEERU NEWS
1st August 2011 | 5 people arrested for raping a 16 year old girl in R.INNAMADHOO
3rd October 2011 | 26 year old son in law raped 62 year old lady (his mother in law) in S.HITHADHOO
April 2011 | 8 people raped a 13 year old girl in different times in HA.DHIDHOO
November 2010 | 15 year old girl was molested til 12 years and was raped at 15 by a close relative by threatening with a knife in R.MAKURATHU
19th April 2011 | 19 year old boy raped 74 year old lady at S.HITHADHOO
8th May 2011 | 41 year old man raped 6 year old girl tied to a tree at GN.FUVAHMULAK
12th October 2010 | gang raped a 17 year old girl in a guest house at K.MALE’
8th October 2010 | 14 year old girl was raped at K.MALE’
27th March 2010 | 15 people gang raped a 20 year old woman by giving drugs at S.HITHADHOO
30th July 2010 | boyfriend and his friends raped a 21 year old woman at S.MARADHOO
May 2010 | 26 year old woman supplies children to her 44 year old husband to molest at SH. FONADHOO
May 2010 | a man raped 18 & 14 years old girls at SH. FONADHOO
11th July 2010 | 4 people raped a 17 year old girl at GN.FUVAHMULAK
raped date 5th October 2005 | 9 people were arrested for raping a girl of ga.villingili, 2 people were released saying there was no proof, 31st January 2007 | court ruled and case was closed and only 1 man was banished to 2 years, and 6 people was released as they were not found guilty at GA.MAMENDHOO
Conceptual Design Development…FANDIYAARU BAGEECHA 30 Nov 2011, 12:59 am
Conceptual Design Development…FANDIYAARU BAGEECHA
Le Corbusier’s Unite’ d’Habitation (Housing... 12 Nov 2011, 5:46 am
Le Corbusier’s Unite’ d’Habitation (Housing Unit)
ibbe (Ibrahim(ibbe))
ސަން: އިންޑިޔާ ކަނޑުގައި ކުރެވުނު ދަތުރުތަކާއި ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ 28 Dec 2011, 11:09 am
ސަން: އިންޑިޔާ ކަނޑުގައި ކުރެވުނު ދަތުރުތަކާއި ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ
Theoretical Design- Spring '11: NOMAD ARCHITECTURE part 2 19 Nov 2011, 3:05 pm
Theoretical Design- Spring '11: NOMAD ARCHITECTURE part 2:to niushad
Theoretical Design- Spring '11: NOMAD ARCHITECTURE part 1 19 Nov 2011, 3:04 pm
Theoretical Design- Spring '11: NOMAD ARCHITECTURE part 1:to niushad
LIPID activities showcased at UAE-Swiss Research Day 19 Nov 2011, 2:59 pm
LIPID activities showcased at UAE-Swiss Research Day:give a look: niushad , hamru
The Cool Micro Yurt For Your Prefab Mansion Pool Side « G Living | Dark Twisted Space Monkies Go Green 19 Nov 2011, 2:57 pm
The Cool Micro Yurt For Your Prefab Mansion Pool Side « G Living | Dark Twisted Space Monkies Go Green:give a look: niushad and hamru
PREFAB FRIDAY: EcoShack’s Breezy Summer Shelter | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 19 Nov 2011, 2:56 pm
PREFAB FRIDAY: EcoShack’s Breezy Summer Shelter | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World:niushad and hamru give a look
Cornell / AAP / Milstein Hall 4 Nov 2011, 11:59 am
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SCAPE: Cornell Milstein HallShafy (Shafeenaz)
Architectural design & environmental sustainability 8 Dec 2011, 7:49 am
Architectural design & environmental sustainability
Essential Elements + Essential Characteristics 25 Nov 2011, 4:37 am
Essential Elements + Essential Characteristics
THE SITE CONTEXT- south-east end of Male’ 24 Nov 2011, 12:15 pm
THE SITE CONTEXT- south-east end of Male’
precedent on Centre Pompidou (The Pompidou Centre) 19 rue... 24 Nov 2011, 3:01 am
precedent on Centre Pompidou (The Pompidou Centre)
19 rue Beaubourg
75004 Paris, France
Design by Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers 1977
The ArcelorMittal Orbit 24 Nov 2011, 2:24 am
The ArcelorMittal Orbit
Why are we proposing a sculpture?
‘We decided we needed something extra, something to distinguish the east London skyline, something to arouse the curiosity and wonder of Londoners and visitors’.
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, 2010
The Mayor of London held a selection process to design a new iconic landmark for London to be positioned in the Olympic Park as a major and permanent visitor attraction. The chosen design is intended to make the Olympic Park a ‘must see’ destination which will help to regenerate east London and provide an additional visitor attraction that can be enjoyed by Londoners, and will bring people to the area, long after the London 2012 Games are over. Of the submitted designs, the selected entry was by artist Anish Kapoor and structural designer, Cecil Balmond.
ArcelorMittal, a global steel company, has agreed to fund up to £16 million of the £19.1 million, with the outstanding £3.1 million provided by the London Development Agency.
Aims of the consultation
This exhibition provides information to enable the local community and local organisations to:-
- Understand why a sculpture is proposed within the Olympic Park
- Understand the design evolution and proposal for the sculpture
- Comment on the proposal for a sculpture in the Olympic Park
The Design Evolution
The design of the ArcelorMittal Orbit seeks to challenge the traditional concept of a tall structure as the sculpture appears to change as the visitor moves around it or within it.
Unlike most buildings which stack up vertically from a solid base the ArcelorMittal Orbit appears to loop into space but actually crosses back on itself and touches the ground in three points rather like a tripod making it a very stable structure.
The idea of an orbit and the shape that this creates has evolved from a simple unwinding coil to more complex self-connecting trajectories in space, which grow into the air. This gives Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond greater scope to create interesting and unusual shapes which loop and double back on themselves.
The sculpture consists of one continuous loop of steel that starts on the ground of the Olympic Park and reaches 115 metres pointing skyward after continually changing direction along its trajectory.
The Sculpture
The ArcelorMittal Orbit will be located within the Olympic Park to the east of the Olympic Stadium and to the west of the Aquatics Centre.
Structure
Standing 115m high, the ArcelorMittal Orbit will be the tallest sculpture in the UK. It will be constructed from a continuous looping lattice of tubular steel which will be painted a deep red. At 76m and 80m above the ground, there will be two viewing platforms which will offer unparalleled views of the Olympic Park and London’s skyline. The lower platform will have glass clad sides and be fully enclosed whilst the upper viewing platform will have an outside terrace as well as an inside area.
A covered area for public facilities will also be located at the bottom of the sculpture to include ticketing and lifts. Visitors to the ArcelorMittal Orbit will be able to access the viewing platforms by two lifts. There will also be a spiral staircase descending from the viewing platforms which will provide emergency access.
Lighting
The viewing platforms and facilities at the bottom of the sculpture will be lit, as well as lighting being provided on the staircase. A concept is also being developed for a lighting scheme which will highlight the form of the sculpture at night. Initial proposals for the lighting include LED lights on the upper arms of the sculpture and spotlights fixed into the ground to illuminate the lower half of the sculpture.
Use
During the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the sculpture will form part of the series of attractions that will be available. After the London 2012 Games, the Olympic Park Legacy Company will manage the ArcelorMittal Orbit as a long term visitor attraction offering spectacular views of the evolving Olympic Park
not a sky-scraper this time, but an EARTH-SCRAPER 18 Oct 2011, 10:49 am
Introducing… the earth-scraper: Architects design 65-storey building which plunges 300 metres below ground
Architects have designed an incredible 65-storey ‘earth-scraper’ which plunges 300 metres below ground.
The stunning upside down pyramid in the middle of Mexico City is designed to get around height limits on new buildings in the capital.
The subterranean building will have 10 storeys each for homes, shops and a museum, as well as 35 storeys for offices.
Deep: The 65-storey ‘earth-scraper’ is set to plunge 300m into the ground beneath Mexico City
Epic scale: The enormous complex is intended to get round the city’s planning laws, which state that buildings can be no more than eight storeys high
Landmark: The earth-scraper would be located in the city’s main square, and topped with an enormous Mexican flag
A glass floor covers the massive 240m x 240m hole in the city’s main square to filter in natural light from the world above.
The design has been crowned with a Mexican flag.
Esteban Suarez, from architecture firm BNKR Arquitectura, said the building would also house a new cultural centre.
Scary: The core is all made of glass to ensure that all parts of the building receive natural sunlight from the world outside
Relaxing: Designers expect the public areas of the building to become a popular destination for those wishing to escape the bustle of the city
Heritage: The earth-scraper is expected to contain a museum and cultural centre which will explore the history of Mexico and its pyramids
He said: ‘New infrastructure, office, retail and living space are required in the city but no empty plots are available.
‘Federal and local laws prohibit demolishing historic buildings and even if this was so, height regulations limit new structures to eight storeys.
‘The city’s historic centre is in desperate need of a makeover but we have nowhere to put it, this means the only way to go is down.’
He added: ‘The Earthscraper preserves the iconic presence of the city square and the existing hierarchy of the buildings that surround it.
‘It is an inverted pyramid with a central void to allow all habitable spaces to enjoy natural lighting and ventilation.
‘It will also allow the numerous activities that take place on the city square year round such as concerts, open-air exhibitions and military parades to go ahead.’
Unobtrusive: One advantage of the unusual structure is that it would create space in the centre of Mexico City, which is full of historic buildings which cannot be demolished
Green: The interior of the building is supposed to look natural and welcoming
Efficient: The creative use of space would allow the plaza to be used for events such as concerts and military parades
Massive: The space covering the earth-scraper will take up 240 square metres in the heart of Mexico’s capital
Pyramids play a large part in the architectural history of Mexico, as the country’s anicent civilisations have often build huge pyramid structures.
When the Aztecs first came into the Valley of Mexico they built their pyramids on the lake they found there.
As the Aztec Empire grew in size and power they conceived a new and bigger pyramid, but instead of looking for a new site they just built it on and around the existing one.
The traditional pyramids are therefore composed of different layers of historical periods.
Modern: Much of the building is expected to be devoted to office space
Shopping: The earth-scraper would almost certainly become one of the city’s top retail destinations as soon as it opened
Connected: This picture shows the proposed metro station which would pass through the earth-scraper just below ground level
When the Spanish arrived in America and ultimately conquered the Aztecs, they erected Christian churches on top of the pyramids.
Eventually their whole colonial city was built over the Aztec one. In the 20th century, many colonial buildings were demolished and modern structures raised on the existing historic foundations.
Esteban added: ‘The Earthscraper digs down through the layers of cities to uncover our roots.’
Novelty: No other public building extends so far beneath the ground
Technical: The building would be an extraordinary feat of engineering
Today: The plaza, shown as it looks currently, would be transformed by the radical plan
lyny1707 (Leena)
Space + outdoor reading corner detail & Elevation 12 Dec 2011, 6:51 am
Space + outdoor reading corner detail & Elevation
Design integration board passive features material used 11 Dec 2011, 5:03 pm
Design integration board
passive features
material used
Exhibition discussion-3 (08th Dec 2011) 9 Dec 2011, 8:59 pm
mujuthamau ga beykaaru vefa in echeh farumaa aky
faruma nethigen kuni gina vany
dhemehetteni gothakah faruma kurevigen kurni madhuvaane
beykaaru visnun -> modify with architecture included
mujuthamau beykaaru kuraa echeh, kuni
kuni gina vany, faruma kura leh madhu v ma
beykaaru faruma, beykaaru architecture
extend kuran vee.
beykaaru; architecture/faruma/visnun/
alun visnun
catalogue there ah laan:
bernerdshumee: if u really need to commit to architecure, u need to commit suicide
finalised theme: aharen maraa nulaifiyya kale ah faidha kuraane
include best 3 to 4 essays in culture at the end of the catalogue
kuni kunyah vany culturally, society-lly
supari, what other user
how many kuni
asluves beynun vaa echeh tho ethere kureveny
huriha kunyeh ethere kura echeh
beyru bayaku beyruga thibegen kura design eh, dhuniye ah generic vaane
dhuniyeyge generic echeh, specific thanehga behettiyya, varah beykaaru vaane
maintain, generate vaa kanthah thah and all
custom in duty naga usoolu
valid statistics
architecture import kurany kihaavarakah
architecture related stuff, whats the cost
1 years construction, if checked… biggest stake is resort construction
if checked the cost, architectural, mne, survey and most is going to out of maldives
thanehga hunna specific kan kamah fight koggen libey/hodha kanthah thah fahun becomes regulations. that is architecture
blackout curtain-research a bit
maldives- orientation, micro climate, material import kuda kurun
maintenance kuda koh, sustainable efficient design eh kurun, architecture at a certain level
invitees:
invitation should include email
panels:
should design inside and outside as well
catalogue there ah laan:
bernerdshumee: if u really need to commit to architecure, u need to commit suicide
finalised theme: aharen maraa nulaifiyya kale ah faidha kuraane
include best 3 to 4 essays in culture at the end of the catalogue
kuni kunyah vany culturally, society-lly
supari, what other user
how many kuni
asluves beynun vaa echeh tho ethere kureveny
huriha kunyeh ethere kura echeh
beyru bayaku beyruga thibegen kura design eh, dhuniye ah generic vaane
dhuniyeyge generic echeh, specific thanehga behettiyya, varah beykaaru vaane
maintain, generate vaa kanthah thah and all
custom in duty naga usoolu
valid statistics
architecture import kurany kihaavarakah
architecture related stuff, whats the cost
1 years construction, if checked… biggest stake is resort construction
if checked the cost, architectural, mne, survey and most is going to out of maldives
thanehga hunna specific kan kamah fight koggen libey/hodha kanthah thah fahun becomes regulations. that is architecture
blackout curtain-research a bit
maldives- orientation, micro climate, material import kuda kurun
maintenance kuda koh, sustainable efficient design eh kurun, architecture at a certain level
invitees:
invitation should include email
panels:
should design inside and outside as well
kuni ge vaahaka (seeking for a title) 7 Dec 2011, 8:21 pm
Husvumeh nei farumaatha hus kurany kuni
husvumeh neh farumaathakun kuneege dhirun
husvumeh nethey kuneege beynun
beynumey dhiriulhen ma ehlaa nulaashey
kunni nuko aah hayaathaka dhirun dheysey
fanaa nuko aah hayaathaka dhirun dheysey
husvumeh neh farumaa thakun ahanna jaagaeh hoadha dheyshey
kunni nuko farumaa koh beynun hifaashey
visnaasey farumaa kuraashey benun hifaashey
ehlaa nulaashey farumaa kuraashey aah jagaeh libeyney
kuneege farumaa thakun ufedhunu jaagatha
Kuni nukoh farumaa kurun
Kuni nuvaney farumaa kohfiyaa
Kuni nukoh farumaa kuri jaaga tha
Kuni nukoh kuri farumaatha
Exhibition discussion-2 (07th Dec 2011) 7 Dec 2011, 7:51 pm
razeen wants catalogue with every students photo, maquette, or identity sketch.
make a template, give text and photo space
what does the kuni want to say
whats the story of the sea
even if in small pieces, use me again
adhi effaharu
ehenviyas mihen viyas
kuni nukumegen annany house hold in
insaanun ufaddhany insaanun halaaku kurany
beynun nukurevey komme echaky kuni kamuga nudhekema
maa dhigu vefa maa typical
hee nukurashey mee aharenge nimun kamah
market kurumga namuga echeh hedhun
byenun kuri varakah beynun kureveyne
waste in general, aharumenna muhaathabu kuraa gothaky koba?
razeen: thihen nahadhaa
riley: dhoo nukolla, alun visna
hamru: beynun vany vsnumeh, aharen komme echakahves vedhaanan
aharennah ithuru gotheh hadhaifiyya adhives ulheynan
aharenge beynun neyngenya hodhasheve
kuni magey va nan
alun genaun
minoon gotheh
aa beynumeh
shafy: aharen naga
beykaaru vejjey visna visna, boluga rissa kunyah vefa
ibbe: visnaadhe, adhi nuvisnenee
vashaajehi faruma
leena: aharen maraa nulaifiyya kale ah faidha kuraane
kunyge dhirun
saaif: aharen nagaa nula
kuni dhiruvama
shan: ukaashey nagaanan
beynun nuhifa, beykaaru koh nulaashe
ithurah visna, beynun kollama
in general: aa echeh beynun nukoh, anekka ves use kurey
Exhibition discussion-1 (05th Dec 2011) 7 Dec 2011, 7:48 pm
fail kollan vaa echehi fail koffa, bahattan jehey echehi bahattafa, upgrade kuran beynun meehun upgrade koffa
thursday ga vaan vee goiy engeyne
plan koffa othy public exhibition akah select kurevey echehi, nuny hurihaa echehi
thursday ga mark koffa engeynee
city council hall ga baavan beynun tho emmen?
ufedhey suvaalaku, baivaru echehi hedhifa, kocheh tho exhibit kuraany
kurevifa huri hurihaa masakathuge there in
kuri hurihaa echehi hedhy re: laigen
kommehen e aa hifaigen ulheykah nujehey
mihaaru indhe dhaane emme furathama kuri masakkatha behey thafaathu visnumeh
object aa dhekey goiy thafaathu vedhaane
aharumen gengulhunu basthakeh
eyge key bas thakeh discover kurevijjeya, dhivehin tharujama annany kihineh
curation ge vaahaka aslu mi dhekeveny
city council, male medhuga
male in hovi kuni
faadeh ge process eh ge there in, male ah base vany
male city council there in wall eh ga laan furusathu libeny
art fannu, vatharu, faadu, kurehun
re: alun, adhi
architecture faruma, thakethi nuny echehi, nuny imaaraathuga faruma, imaaraathuge faruma
design faruma
artifacts anything one makes on own
space jaaga
culture sagaafaiy
sustainability dhemehettenivi
community mujuthamau
research diraasaa
trash kuni buni, kuni, beykaaru, baakee
place than, thaneh
social ijuthimaai
congestion thoh jehun
concept hiyaalu, visnumeh, ekulavaalevey visnun, ekuvaalevey hiyaalu
narrative vaahaka,
typology vatharu (generic), baavaiy
scenario fenna goiy, oiy goiy, gotheh
public aamun
environment
alun gotheh fenun
mives gotheh
dhemehettenivi gotheh, goiy
thin fah -> male ga vari ginaveema
-> kandikyge thin
ummeedhee kuni - sator
kuneege faidhaa - varah golha
dhemehettenivi faruma - varah architecture
ekulavaalevey jaaga -
beykaaru visnun
vashaa jehey kuni
ambiguous koh, seedha point neynge gothah.
misaalakah gotheh
riluwan, kihineh dhidha nagany? ehen thanakah move kuraany. she already knows.
dhidha move kuryma, ithurah libeyne furusathu thakaky koba?
justify kuraany kihineh?
discussion eh gennany kihineh?
public ah invite kuraany opening ah ekani. dhen 3 nuny 4 dhuvahah hulhuvaalaigen ulheynee.
exhibition kon dhuvahaku tho, kon bayaku tho. kihineh tho.
26 panels, or 12 panels A1. printing and mounting.
e meehehge space aky 2 x A1
dhen libey space ga curate kureveyne
catalogue - hurihaa emmenge masakkaiy. not necessarily just the selected. 100 words write up.
catalogue aa design board and model vee ma exhibition beyveyne
opening invitess. architects. engineers. students. doctarun.
catalogue will be in A5.
budget of 20,000
catalogue
panels
invitees
razeen
hamru
saaif
ibbe
shafee
shaaheen
niushad
soppe
leena
nizdhy
niya
shan
rilwan
RE-PLACE Existing Gaduvaru in Sultan park used as the main... 25 Nov 2011, 12:43 am
RE-PLACE
Existing Gaduvaru in Sultan park used as the main building for the reading corner.
The building is kept as it is with minimum amendments.
RE-PLACE Existing & proposed plan of the sultan park 25 Nov 2011, 12:38 am
RE-PLACE
Existing & proposed plan of the sultan park
hey LEENAA how do you make such nice model ? 23 Nov 2011, 9:54 pm
by working hard without a break. it takes lots of time
This is for you saaif 3 Nov 2011, 10:19 pm
This is for you saaifRe- Space + Research AUGMENTED REALITY 26 Oct 2011, 9:05 pm
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Re-Place Research History of Sultan park Sultan Park was used as... 21 Oct 2011, 6:37 am
Male' map in 1922
Gulha kulhey fas gan'du
Only Ush Ge Kolhu is left
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Sultan Park was used as a palace during ancient days by the sultans of Maldives. The buildings in the palace were renovated according to the Sultans wish during their ruling period. Maldivians abolished the sultanate and established a republic and the left over buildings of the palace except the Ush ge Kolhu were demolished around 1969 by the command of President Ibrahim Nasir . The Palace was then changed to a park.
RE-PLACE Characteristics & location plan 21 Oct 2011, 6:18 am
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Riluwan (Rilwan)
This this the final model with prayer & market tents... 23 Nov 2011, 10:22 pm
This this the final model with prayer & market tents arranged in park area
Finished final model for the Jumhooree Maidhan with more... 23 Nov 2011, 12:25 am
Finished final model for the Jumhooree Maidhan with more activities
Jumhooree Maidhan is one of the few public parks in Male’ which... 23 Nov 2011, 12:12 am
Jumhooree Maidhan is one of the few public parks in Male’ which was created in 1988, (Stefania.L., 2007, p.30). ‘Public spaces are those areas within towns, cities and the countryside that are physically accessible to everyone, where strangers and citizens can enter with few restrictions’ (Mandipour, 1999, 880).Even though, the park is targeted to Maldivians, more of foreigners are using the park than of locals. And it is also one of the main tourist attractions in the capital city. In a congested city like Male’, providing adequate public spaces are important, where people can relax, meet and mix in the city. ‘Open green space is a public resource, fundamental to the urban reality that is increasingly under pressure from traffic, pollution, noise (Mace et al, 2004), and the problems of a lack of space for social life’ (Isabella M. M, 2011, p.59). Urban public spaces are normally considered as a success if the place is vibrant and filled with people and activities. However, some public spaces are empty or less vibrant due to various reasons like, patterns of design and management that exclude some people and reduce social and cultural diversity. To attract the targeted public to public spaces, such spaces should provide a welcoming and lively environment to the users with few restrictions. Jumhooree Maidhan is also one of the main gateways to Male’, as there are several jetties in the area that visitors use to enter the City.
This is the scenario for the market under the tents used for the... 23 Nov 2011, 12:11 am
This is the scenario for the market under the tents used for the prayers in Jumhooree Maidhan. In this scenario soon after the prayer every alternative row shade will be removed if it is not rainy keeping the rack for the good to keep for auction and produce huge market. This is a market where people would make friends and allow the residents to circulate their unused goods. More over such gathering would help the community to engage in friendly environment. Thus would help to sustain a healthy strong bonding among the community. Hence by activating such open space we could build a better community in a safe environment.
This is the scenario for the prayer tents arrangement in... 23 Nov 2011, 12:10 am
This is the scenario for the prayer tents arrangement in Jumhooree Maidhan for the special prayers to accommodate the people who currently pray in the hot sun and the rain. These tents are design to provide the shade for direct sunlight and the rain. In addition the circulation and cross ventilation would let the people feel the comfort of a mosque. Especially the large trees surround the park will make the people feel cool and fresh during their prayer time under the tents.
The Jumhooree Maidhan directly linking to most of the popular... 22 Nov 2011, 10:45 pm
The Jumhooree Maidhan directly linking to most of the popular places in the capital city Male, for the visitors and the locals. This open space is a central lobby of the main gateway to the capital Male’ City. This place is sometimes more than a gateway and acts as a local’s families resting and enjoying area with their children, occasionally. Some families enjoy their children feeding the pigeons those visit this area. Jumhooree Maidhaan surrounded by large trees and filled most land area with carpet grass makes this place more convenient for the transiting visitors. Hence the flora and faunamake this place even richer in nature.
Shaa (Shaheen)
Courtyards 14 Oct 2011, 1:08 am
”Somewhere in every garden, there must be at least one spot, a quiet garden seat, in which a person—or two people—can reach into themselves and be in touch with nothing else but nature.”
—Christopher Alexandre, A Pattern Language
A courtyard is a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings. Differing than patios that open out to the greater landscape, courtyards tend to be separated spaces from the rest of the landscape. Courtyard spaces have been used in many countries for centuries, and these serve as rich models for creating our outdoor spaces.
In arid regions, the Islamic garden represents an image of paradise, and so it is called the paradise garden. The basic plan is a rectangular enclosure walled against the dust of the desert and divided into four sections by water channels.
China’s courtyard homes create a quiet, intimate space. Walls shelter the home from the noise and dust of the street, while the inner courtyard remains open for light, fresh air and rainwater. Courtyards are ideal places for gardens, and Chinese gardeners often plant fragrant trees and shrubs that perfume the air around their homes.
The courtyard gardens in Japan were meant to bring peace and meditation. They follow three traditional basic tea-garden features: a stone lantern, stepping stones, and a stone water basin. These features are viewed as ornamental rather than functional.
These historical landscapes from other countries have not only influenced American courtyard spaces, but also our patios and other outdoor living.
Just as a room in a house has walls, ceilings, and floors, so does a landscape space. As each room has a specific function it is designed for — kitchen for preparing food, living room for leisure, bedroom for sleeping — so do outdoor use areas. Courtyards should be designed to accommodate for their functions: outdoor eating space, relaxation and conversation, play area, or gardening. Just as a room functions a house, an outdoor courtyard space has three main structural components components: ceilings, walls and floors.
Ceilings may be composed of constructed materials such as building overhangs, arbors, fabrics, or other materials. Overhead elements may even include the open sky or the branches of large canopy trees overhanging the space.
There is a variety of floor materials that may be used in an outdoor space, and as courtyards tend to be smaller, detailed flooring materials such as pebbles or brick may provide a rich ground texture. There are many good paving materials that provide a wealth of colors and patterns. A solid pavement allows for permanent heavy use and provides direction for traffic. Turf and vegetated groundcovers are suitable for areas that are little walked on, and may provide a strong contrast against nearby hardscape materials.
For walls; fences or building sides may provide a sense of enclosure, and may be constructed of stone, brick, concrete, wood or metal. To provide a sense of separation from adjacent views, these walls work best when over six feet in height. Wood slat fences or open masonry block may provide a sense of enclosure yet still allow breezes into the courtyard area. Evergreen plants such as dense shrubs allow for privacy while still allowing breezes to pass through.
Just as a room in a house has doors and corridors to separate functions from other rooms, courtyards and other landscape spaces also have entry areas. These should be designed to make one feel that they are transitioning to or entering a special place. Gates are a wonderful element to add around any different outdoor space. An entry may be framed into a courtyard space by using a pergola or trellis and can create an inviting entrance. It separates the patio space from the lawn or front entry, creating a special feeling.
Garden rooms are designed for the activities and functions that will take place there—such as seating and relaxing. It is important to make the places comfortable to be in a Southern climate—such as shade from the hot sun. For social spaces include seats and tables, a place to serve people from, and lighting for night functions. Organize seating in nooks or crannies away from the main space where people walk. This keeps seating out of the main way of traffic and offers more privacy.
Small personal spaces create opportunities to provide for detail features. A rich environment can be created by adding lush plants, urns and planters, and just the right bench in just the right spot.
A key for creating small personal spaces is to keep all things sized for the number of people that will typically use them. For example, a small wall ornament would get lost in a large garden, but a small area is the perfect place to put detailed features such as art objects and garden ornaments. Water is a wonderful element to add to gardens in the hot humid South, whether it is a still shallow pool with a few lilies; or if it has a spray head with more activity. Small courtyards and garden spaces are the places to add sculptures and features of interest and plants become the supporting features to this main element. Any gathering area at night is a place to add fire for cooking, warmth, light, or character on a chilly night.
Regarding plants, these small spaces become a place for strong textures. Rich plants such as palms and bamboos do not take much room—they are tall and vertical and grow out of a narrow bed area. This is also the perfect place for fragrant plants, such as roses, gardenia, and jasmine. The walls actually contain the aromas better than plants in the open, and where one can really appreciate the subtle scents of plants.
Introduction to Architecture of Maldives- Lecture by Maai 13 Oct 2011, 3:16 pm
Introduction to Architecture of Maldives- Lecture by Maai
introduction to architecture of Maldives - a lecture by Maai 13 Oct 2011, 2:58 pm
introduction to architecture of Maldives - a lecture by Maai
Boundaries 13 Oct 2011, 2:52 pm
WHAT THEY ARE
The concept of “boundaries” relates to oursense of self.
At birth and for a long while after, a baby has no real sense of who they are.
When we see a baby in their mother’s arms, we see two people - the child and the mother.
But the baby notices no difference, no division, no boundary between themselves and their mother.
A newborn is “one” with their mother.
As life goes on, the child notices where their skin ends and their mother’s skin begins.
This is our first “boundary,” and the beginning of our “sense of self.”
When our boundaries are crossed we are naturally furious at the invasion
because we know we could lose our sense of who we are.
Obviously, if a mother doesn’t hold her child enough
and is unable to bond with them,
boundary problems and problems related to sense of self will abound.
But things can go wrong in later childhood and in adult life too.
When they do, it is usually either because
someone treats us like they OWN us or, paradoxically, like they DISOWN us.
The worst example of being owned is physical or sexual abuse.
People who treat us in these ways are insisting that they own our very bodies.
We can also lose our sense of self in less severe but more constant ways.
Some people never hear anything from their parents or their partners
except orders and complaints.
“Do this!”
“Do that!”
“You didn’t do that well enough!”
Constant exposure to such treatment can shatter boundaries and the sense of self.
Paradoxically, being treated like we are not there can also cause boundary and self problems.
Beware of anyone who is so preoccupied with their own ego and their own life
that you sometimes wonder if they even know you are there.
This can kill your sense of self too.
The saddest thing about boundary problems is that
the people who have them can feel either
“too close” (afraid they’ll lose themselves),
and “too far” (very lonely),
but they can seldom feel safely in between or “connected” with others.
People whose boundaries are weak also tend to violate the boundaries of others.
If you don’t know that you have boundaries that must be respected,
then you also don’t know that other people have boundaries that you must respect.
First of all, people with these problems should get therapy.
This is too difficult to do completely on your own.
Therapy can support you while you learn what you need to do for yourself:
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Learn to identify even the most subtle ways you violate the boundaries of others. Become excellent at noticing when people “back away,” emotionally and physically. When they do, you can be pretty sure you have just crossed their boundaries.
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Once you become accustomed to noticing the boundaries of others, begin to notice that you have many of the same boundaries yourself!
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Learn how to object whenever anyof your boundaries are crossed, even in the smallest ways and even by people with the kindest intentions.
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Test various ways to of telling people when they cross your boundaries. Allow yourself to make mistakes while you learn (by sounding either too angry or too nice). Experiment. Notice what works and what doesn’t. With close friends who might understand, you might even tell them that you are learning about protecting yourself (so they can understand why you are acting differently toward them).
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Keep reminding yourself: “People need my permission before they cross my boundaries!”
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Remind yourself also: “Nobody should ever help me unless I ask them to!”
If people have constantly crossed your boundaries, it may seem unfair to say that
you have to stop crossing their boundaries first.
It IS unfair!
But if you’ve been taking such treatment for many years
the sad truth is you may not even know what boundaries you are entitled to have!
And the best way to learn this is to focus on the boundaries of the people around you.
As you catch yourself violating the boundaries of others,
don’t pick on yourself.
Remember, you are just now beginning to learn about all of this.
Hassan Samey (Nizdhy)
give me the foltales collected during the kurendhoo trip - aikey 15 Nov 2011, 5:22 am
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Christopher C M Lee Lecture 5 Oct 2011, 4:55 am
Christopher C M Lee Lecture
Space +/- 11 Sep 2011, 7:51 am
Space +/-: Architectural Design Sem 5 - quarter 2 Presentation 01
soPPe (Sofwan)
Lili Lite Bookshelf Lamp 16 Oct 2011, 6:34 am
Lili Lite Bookshelf Lamp:The most intuitive designs are the ones that know exactly what you’re thinking, like a book shelf that lights up when you want to read. The Lili Lite Bookshelf Lamp acts as a bookshelf, reading light and bookmark, all in one clever design. When you place an open book on the shelf the reading light […]
my first post 7 Jul 2011, 4:51 am
this is my first post
NIUSHAD (Niushad)
lifestyle design concepts from Tim Ferriss’ book The 4-Hour Workweek- case study.. 30 Nov 2011, 12:31 am
lifestyle design concepts from Tim Ferriss’ book The 4-Hour Workweek- case study..LOCATION INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLE 30 Nov 2011, 12:29 am
LOCATION INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLE- LOCATION INDEPENDENT - CONCEPT OF NOMAD 30 Nov 2011, 12:22 am
- LOCATION INDEPENDENT - CONCEPT OF NOMAD
MATERIAL RESEARCH; TEFLON ALUMINIUM PLASTIC SOLAR PENAL 30 Nov 2011, 12:15 am
MATERIAL RESEARCH;
TEFLON
ALUMINIUM
PLASTIC SOLAR PENAL
AFFORDABLE SOLAR PANELS THAT WORK IN THE DARK 30 Nov 2011, 12:00 am
AFFORDABLE SOLAR PANELS THAT WORK IN THE DARKTURN STEEL INTO SOLAR PANELS WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPRAY PAINT 29 Nov 2011, 11:58 pm
TURN STEEL INTO SOLAR PANELS WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPRAY PAINTHOUSE HOLD SURVEY - ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY 29 Nov 2011, 11:51 pm
HOUSE HOLD SURVEY - ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
how it connect to... 27 Oct 2011, 12:42 am
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Nomadic people (Greek: νομάδες, nomádes, “those who let... 17 Oct 2011, 1:28 am
Nomadic people (Greek: νομάδες, nomádes, “those who let pasture herds”), commonly known as itinerants in modern-day contexts, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world.
The first nomadic pastoral society developed in the period from 8500-6500 BC in the area of the southern Levant.
Design project - work in progress - After a numerous delay... 16 Oct 2011, 7:19 am
Design project - work in progress -
After a numerous delay …
Extension of human experience outdoor - Work / Holiday
Space for -
Paparazzi
Extension of human experience outdoor - Work / Holiday 16 Oct 2011, 6:52 am
Extension of human experience outdoor - Work / Holiday
3-D world. “If you want to create one of those 360-degree... 11 Oct 2011, 12:28 am
3-D world.
“If you want to create one of those 360-degree panoramic photographs you don’t need to have expensive equipment, you just need a bit of skill and a good enough SLR camera with the basic settings. You will need a tripod because these kinds of photos are made up of a series of pictures taken from one position as you spin around in a circle. And another important thing is that you need a 360-degree panoramic photograph software package. Once you have your camera ready on your tripod you can start to shoot the set with photos that will eventually be your whole panoramic photo. Move in clockwise direction and make sure that you overlap the pictures by 30-50 percent or else you’ll have lines and distortion.”
tommccleandesigns,(March 2011).
Blur building , Yverdon les brains, 2002, Diller &... 11 Oct 2011, 12:24 am
Blur building , Yverdon les brains, 2002, Diller & Scofidio.
It is built over a lake in Switzerland and the idea is for visitors to enter a giant cloud surrounding a structure to have an experience of security interaction with nature.
use the elements of nature in design and in this case architecture to feel people feel comfortable and relaxed.
This building below offers a journey inside a huge artificial cloud produced by 32,000 nozzles of the fog system suspended from the tensegrity system.
When the fog machines are on the structure itself is invisible except for a footbridge going into a cloud, when the machine are off the whole thing looks like a giant u.f.o hovering over a lake.
In different level of temperature and humidity the fog can condense or expand, rise and fall this gives a great natural feel to the whole thing and works much better than just a static cloud I feel. Once inside the fog cloud visual and acoustic references are non existent.
According to tommccleandesigns (March 13, 2011)
“There was a woman who visited the building many times; when asked why she came so often, she said she was from Sarajevo, had lived through the war there, and that the only time she felt relaxed during the war was on foggy days. She came to the building becuase she felt secure and relieved in the middle of the cloud.”
This is a perfect example emotional based design and site specific design. The woman has strong memories that link her to the place give her a positive reaction, and the whole building that you can see is made from water, from the lake. It is truly a part of it’s surroundings and this natural element enhances people experiences. Everybody has experienced fog and this building links your memories to that. Very clever indeed. I think I should think more about the hospital surrounding in a elemental way such as this eg grass, rain, leaves ect. Really go to a natural level and let people feel the experience. the physical touch of the water hitting your face is an experience to think about as-well. ALl of these little sensual inputs work together to give you a truly relaxing and invigorating ride.
Reizen (Razeen)
Master plan development stage, 6.working on the landscape 3D max... 9 Nov 2011, 7:19 pm
Master plan development stage, 6.working on the landscape
3D max and CS4,
Space brief 25 Sep 2011, 2:44 pm
SPACE
A Shelter for Encounter
NARRATIVE TYPOLOGY
Public Pavilion
ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS
· Secondary -
o Ambient / Not a true Destination
· Communal / Shared
o Social Land Mark
o Accessible to all
· Converse with Nature – views Across
· Node
o Point of Culmination and Dissemination
ELEMENTS
· Platform
o to stop over for stories and communication and for social exchange
· Forum
o Discussion / Permanence / Humour / Gossip
· In Between Space
o Threshold between occupation and the open
o between two location
worldarchitecturenews.com 22 Aug 2011, 4:05 pm
Dear Architect,
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In short, we want to know how your designs have made a difference. Our aim is to reverse some of the negative comments prevalent in the media at the moment; comments that are devaluing the profession. We are to do this by painting architecture in a positive light, demonstrating to prospective clients and the general public that good design can and does make a difference. Can be Effective.
The response to our plea last year was overwhelming. Architects from all over the world submitted projects for the WAN Effectiveness Awards, highlighting how their buildings have improved life both within the building and in the wider community.
Out of the diverse building types submitted, two were selected as overall winners: a detention centre in New Jersey where the human approach to design reduced violence, and an urban park in Houston which successfully stitched parts of the city together, sparking further development and enabling pedestrian movement in a previously car-dominated city.
If your practice has designed a project that has made a difference, tell us about it and we will make sure our 200,000+ readers get to hear about it. Don’t forget, many of our readers are developers and potential clients. This is not about vanity, it’s about winning new work.
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As we hoped, last year’s awards have brought the subject of effectiveness above the parapet. It is now being openly discussed and new sources of data are emerging daily, highlighting how buildings have a direct and measurable impact on those who live and work in them. Data which you will be able to use in future designs. In the UK, a three-part documentary has just been broadcast on mainstream TV illustrating just how important this issue is. Zaha Hadid’s BMW factory was cited as an exemplar of how design can break down the barriers between the shop floor and administrative functions and get the whole building working in unison. We need more examples.
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Photo 20 Aug 2011, 2:53 pm
Holee Kolu - Spiritual Space
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Holee Kolu - Space 4 Romance
Inventing Space for the Furniture- Exercise 2/Draft 1 10 Jul 2011, 10:49 am
Inventing Space for the Furniture- Exercise 2/Draft 1
Design Project -Exercise 1 ( SEM 5) RE-TRASH/RE-CULTURE 7 Jul 2011, 5:47 am
Design Project -Exercise 1 ( SEM 5)
RE-TRASH/RE-CULTURE
Final Design Project -Portfolio ( SEM 4) part 3 7 Jul 2011, 5:42 am
Final Design Project -Portfolio ( SEM 4) part 3
Final Design Project -Portfolio ( SEM 4) part 2 7 Jul 2011, 5:18 am
Final Design Project -Portfolio ( SEM 4) part 2
Final Design Project -Portfolio ( SEM 4) part 1 7 Jul 2011, 5:12 am
Final Design Project -Portfolio ( SEM 4) part 1
